The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1935, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather se cr ls a BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1935 Search Montana Hills for Killer of Three Men IN WHICH 14 DIED HAULED FROM RIVER BUTTE POLICEMAN SLAIN, COMPANION WOUNDED IN FIGHT Spectator to Christmas Trage- dy Also Shot Dead by Kingston Murderer SEATTLE SLAYING SOLVED No Apparent ‘Connection Seen Between Butte and Shel- by Assassinations Butte, Mont., Dec. 26.—(#)—Grim Posses searched western Montana hills Thursday for a “cop killer” iden- tified as Harry Knight, Kingston, Mont., ex-convict, wanted for killing three men—two of them peace of- ficers, Policemen Tom O'Neill, 37, was killed in a Christmas shooting affray at_a boarding house here. His companion officer, James Moo- ney, wounded in both arms and the right shoulder, said the killer was Knight. The officers were called to the place by residents who reported Knight shot Frank Walsh, 24, and Mrs. Florence Benevue, after being repulsed in efforts to enter the apart- ment of Mrs. Benevue's sister, Jean Miller. Dies of Wounds Walsh died early Thursday of his wounds. Mrs. Benevue was wounded superficially in the neck. Knight met the officers with a blast of gunfire and fled in a light - ‘automobile, Miss Miller told police Knight killed an officer near Seattle in November and Sheriff W. B. Severyns of Seattle said her story solved the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Meehan the night of Nov. 13. Chief of Police Walter Shay quoted her as relating Knight left her dur- ing the night at a cabin camp and’ returned later, saying: “Come on, tet’s get out of here, I just knocked off a bull.” Threatened With Death She said Knight warned her “if you ever doublecross me, I'll knock you off, too.” The woman added she and Knight had quarrelled Christmas morning and he expressed belief she would “sequeal” about the Seattle slaying. She saig Knight told her he killed the officer when the deputy sheriff sought to stop him for questioning while he had some stolen chickens in his car. She quoted Knight as say- ing: “I saw he was alone and I let him have it between the eyes.” The deaths brought to five the number slain in Montana gunplay in six days. Three Die at Shelby Shelby, the city made famous by the Dempsey-Gibbons boxing match, was the scene Dec. 29 of downtown gunfire in which Chief of Police Ed- ward Broeck and Undersheriff J. Shelton Alsup were slain, Shortly afterwards one of their as- sailants, fugitive Alton Hansén of Montana penitentiary, was killed by Oeputy Sheriff Bert Turner, The other gunman, also believed a fugitive, still is at large. No apparent connection existed be- tween the two pistol battles. PETER HARVEY, 71, CLAIMED BY DEATH Burleigh County Resident Since 1880 Succumbs to Cancer Wednesday Peter Harvey, 71, pioneer Burleigh county resident, died at 8:45 p. m., ‘Wednesday at a local hospital after @ year’s illness. The cause of death ‘was cancer. Mr. Harvey was born Sept. 18, 1864, at Hazel Green, Wis., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harvey. He spent his early boyhood at Sioux City, Ia. In June 1880, Mr. Harvey came to Bismarck. He homesteaded a claim eight miles north of this city on Burnt Creek in 1886 and had lived there since. He was unmarried. Time of the funeral has not been set. Rites will be held in St. Mary's procathedral and interment Will be made in St. Mary’s cemetery, He leaves his sister, Mrs. John O'Brien of Seattle, Wash. Other rela- tives in Bismarck and vicinity are two nieces, Mrs. Hugo Solberg, Naugh- ton township, and Mrs. George Felt- rup of Bismarck; and two nephews, John R. Mahoney, who has been man- aging the Harvey farm in Burnt Creek township, and L. P. Mahoney of Bis- EE ode is at the Perry Funeral home. 3 ‘Santa Claus’ Burned Backing Into Candles BUS a = hours. Long Photo) ae Many of the 14 persons who met death when this passenger bus plunged into the Appomatox river near Hopewell, Va., were still in their seats as it was hauled from the water by salvage crews who had labored 12 r the bodies of the victims were recovered, they remained unidentified. (Associated Press With All M CHAPTER I A slender girl with a charming, eager face and rich chest- inut hair took her traveling case from a taxi driver and stood holding it until the rattle of the cab died down the quiet street. She thought, looking up at the big, weather-beaten old building in front of her, that it looked very weary, almost as though it were ready to give up. There was nothing familiar about it. Nothing even faintly Pe aad the house of which she had dreamed since she was a child. ‘ b, She had asked the cab driver, puzzled, “You're sure this is the Cameron homé? Mrs. Willard P. Cameron, you know?” “Yes, miss. I know the place well.” And so Dana Westbrook had climbed out. And now she stood staring up at the old house supported by immense Corin- thian columns that had once been white and now were only a dirty gray. Soberly, she picked up her light case and opened the old iron gate, sagging dejectedly on rusty hinges. And then up TWO PARADES WIL FEATURE CARNVAL Children to Show Pets in After-/ noon; Torch Procession Slated at Night A moment later she pulled down the ancient bronze bell. A hollow peal, which she knew must be re-| sounding hideously within, greeted her. The door was opened. Very little at first, as though by a cautious hand. And then wider, permitting the face of an old lady to peep through. She had gray hair, drawn back neatly, and blue eyes that held a hint ot ‘surprise in them. ee Impetuously, Dana. put down her traveling case. There was a joyous note in her voice: “You're Grand- Two gala parades will feature the Burleigh county Winter Sports car- nival which will be staged here Sat- urday afternoon and evening. mother Cameron, aren’t you?” The pet parade, opening the after-| “Goodness me, no!” The old lady’s noon events, will form at the Worldjvoice rose in protest. Then, “Why War Memorial building at 1 p. m,jyou must be Dana. Come in, my dear. marching through the business dis-/And where is your grandmother? She trict and winding up at the skating} went to meet you. rink north of the high school. “I don’t know. You see I hadn’t Anything that is alive, including) the faintest idea what/ my grand- dogs, ponies, livestock, rabbits or cats} mother looked like. No one seemed to will be counted as pets, according to/be looking for me, and so I got a cab Myron Anderson, who has taken/and camé out.” charge of the affair in the absence| “Yes, of course,” said the old lady of George Schaumberg. her eyes darting anxiously from Dana Several score of entries have already | to the door. “I’m afraid, though, your been received by the comimttees ‘n/ grandmother won't like it. You see, in charge and many others from Bis-/our family we always meet trains. marck and rural districts are expected] And it is rather a reflection on us to participate if favorable weather|that you should come home for the prevails, first time in twenty-odd years in a A torch parade will launch the|cab.” evening program. The parade will| “For the first time,” Dana corrected form at the North Dakota Power and|her, her eyes dancing in amustment Light company building, 122 Broad-| “Yes, yes. But you are so like your way Ave., and proceed through the| mother. Suddenly she placed her arms business district to the skating rink.jaround the young girl, strained her All children will make their_own|close, and gave her a quick bird-like torches to carry in the parade. Each| peck on each cheek. Kisses that were will consist of a candle taped upon) somehow not without warmth. @ stick and covered with a large paper | “You're Aunt Ellen!” Dana ex- sack with.a hole in the top. claimed. “I should have known, be- Events onthe day's program include} cause you are exactly as my mother @ hockey game, skating races, fancy|described you to. me—only—” and trick skating contests and @ cos-| “Only older.” The shy blye eyes tume parade in the evening to be cli-/smiled understandingly. maxed by the crowning of the Sports| “It doesn’t matter if you're sweet,” Carnival King and Queen, Dana said quickly. a SE pando child. There, I hear i our Imother’s car.” Young eluane mg "Dana heard it, too, Tt was evidently old, just as everything around Is Cc aimed y eat! here ee The automobile be mak- Doll, 5-year-old daughter of] ing ® great deal of noise as it came Doll of Bluegrass,| UP the drive. eae ¢ disease was| Dana's heart was suddenly beat- ing’much faster.” She thought of 1930,| something her mother had said to her northwest/ which she had never forgotten, “Most been’ frightened by your .| grandmother, for she 1s rather a stern person, Dana. But I was never really frightened until—until the last. Be- (Continued on Editorial Page) RT TERRIFIC QUAKE Szechuan Province. China, Chengtu, Dec. 26,—(7)—New of an zarth- quake in parlor ‘told Love mt to iL Wty Soove rrnnrs the long, brick walk from which many bricks were conspicu-,, ITALY’S CHRISTMAS. GIFT 10 ETHIOPIANS IS KILLING OF SPIES Abrogation of Kellogg-Briand Treaty Will Be Sought in U. S. Congress (By the Associated Press) "| A skirmish and a roundup of Ethi- opian spies were described Thursday in Italian dispatches from the East African war zone which Wednesday observed a Christmas punctuated by gunfire. A caravan descending the slopes from the central plateau to the Dana- kil lowlands east of the northern lines was en route to the Ethiopian salt fields in the northeastern part of the country when it was attacked by Danakil irregulars fighting for the Italian army, said the advices. The Ethiopians were reported routed with heavy losses. Marshal Pietro Badoglio’s military police rounded up 12 natives wearing Italian uniforms and brought them before a court-martial to be charged with spying. Three were turned over to a firing squad, and nine were given prison sentences. Pact Is Debated In the United States the Kellogg- Briand pact renouncing war as “an instrument of national policy” was) both criticised and supported in dis- cussions of America’s future neu- trality policy. Representative Tinkham of Massa- chusetts announced he would intro- duce a resolution to abrogate the treaty, charging President Roosevelt was “using this pact to support Eng- lish imperialism and to maintain English control of the Mediterranean” in the Italo-Ethiopian war. In New York, however, a commit- tee of the national peace conference. Tepresenting 30 peace grouys, pro- posed a neutrality measure based in part upon the pact. Laval Faces Deputies The French internal situation found Premier Laval facing interpellations on his foreign policy in the chamber of deputies, He met with his ministers to pre- pare his response to attacks on the discarded Laval-Hoare peace plan. Leftists branded the plan a reward for Italian a and a betrayal of the League of Nat 5 The Rightist press warned that any additional League sanctions against Italy would leave France.to war. It wag reported in the chamber of deputies Laval had told his cabinet France would refrain from making any military or naval move toward Italy unless Italy gave provocation. | Mattoon, Ill, Dec. 26.—(#)—For the envy of men content to play with junior’s toy train on Christmas day the Mattoon police department Thurs- day offered Maurice Spurlin as one. f up who wanted the real thing and ‘got it. - As a result Spurlin, 32, was in jai! ‘and the Illinois Central railroad was figuring the damage d CHINESE PROCLAIM MARTIAL LAW FOR SHANGHAT SECTOR | Assassination of Minister; | Friendly to Japanese Ac- centuates Trouble RAILWAY LINE IS TORN UP} Students Become More Vocifer- ous Against North China Political Acts Shanghai, Dec. 26.—Maj.-Gen. Rensuke Ksogai, military attache ef the Japanese embassy, predict- ed there would be serious effects from the assassination Wednes- day of Tang Yu-Jen, the pro- Japanese vice minister of Chinese railways, (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) Shanghai, Dec. 26.—()—The Japan- ese military declared Thursday the assassination of Tang Yu-Jen, pro- Japanese vice minister of Chinese railways, “throws a dark shadow over the future of Sino-Japanese relations.” Chinese authorities immediately de- clared martial law throughout Shang- hai and the central government capital! at Nanking. Severe military restrictions also were imposed at Hankow against anti-Jap- anese demonstrations. The Nanking government ordered a section of its railway line torn up in a drastic measure to check the at- tempt by Shanghai students, protest- ing the movement for North China separation, to reach the capital in a comandeered train. The demonstrating students seized a locomotive when authorities refused to grant them free transportation to Nanking, and reached Changhchow, about 75 miles short of Nanking. An embassy spokesman character- ized the killing of the vice minister by unidentified. n in the French concession here Wednesday night as “glaring evidence of the anti-Japanese sentiment, leaving no doubt of the trend of Chinese sentiment toward Japan.” The. spokesman asserted the Tang assassination became doubly serious because of the fact that it followed closely a similar attempt to assassin- ate Wang Ching-Wei, who resigned as Chinese premier after being’ wounded at Nanking. Japanese newspapers asserted edi- torially that repeated assassinations of pro-Japanese statesmen of the Chinese central government might force Nan- king to pursue an anti-Japanese policy Rumors in Chinese circles here credited the ‘nation’s demonstrating students with possible responsibility for the assassination of Tang as a further effort to register their dis- satisfaction with the present state of Sino-Japanese affairs and their oppo- sition to North China autonomy. ROMANTIC LIFE. OF THELMA TODD EYED Accidental Death Theory Is Sub- stantiated by Test of ‘Spilled Blood Los Angeles, Dec. 26.—(}—Ro- mantic and financial secrets in the life of Thelma Todd were investigated Thursday in a search for new evidence concerning her death. Deputy Distric: Attorney U. U. Bla- lock said detectives will question the Hollywood men, unmentioned before in the case, but reputed to have en- joyed the golden haired comedienne’s confidence. The interrogation will center on what information they may haye re- garding the identity of a “San Fran- cisco business man” with whom the actress assertedly disclosed she was having a “marvelous romance.” Police said their theory of accidental death from carbon monoxide poison- ing, which also was expressed in the inquest verdict, has received substan- tiation from a report by city chemist Ray Pinkert. | Pinkert determined that carbon monoxide was present in blood scrap- i Wisecracks Fail; ] ¢ Ean EE NOL Los Angeles, Dec. 26.—(#)—Wise- Funmaker in Jail cracks failed Ted Healy, film comedian, Thursday as he won- dered what his “Christmas ime pulse” would cost him. He started celebrating the ad- vent of the Yuletide, but finished up in fail, accused of starting a fire in a neighbor's residence. Friday the funmaker, charged with attempted arson, is sched- uled to appear in court for hear- ing on a writ of habeas corpus by which he obtained his release un- der $1,000 bail. Healy said he didn’t remember setting any fire. SEND BILLS EARLY ASKS CHAIRMAN OF OPEN HEART DRIVE Checks Will Be Written on De- cember 31; Brophy Thanks All Who Helped Request that all persons having bills against Bismarck’s annual Open Your Heart campaign send them to Treasurer O. T. Forde at once was made Thursday by Walter J. Brophy, general chairman. Checks covering all commitments will be written December 31, Brophy said, and no claims will be honored after that time since the organiza- tion will wind up its current business without delay. Cold weather caused a setback to the Open Your Heart fund Christmas night when the charity setup lost $18 on the presentation of “Stop Thief” by the Community Players at the city auditorium. Cold weather was blamed for the small attendance. The players donated their services and gave a creditable performance but the royalty paid for permission to perform the play and other costs sent the production “into the red.” Will Give Accounting After the bills are paid and the accounts balanced, Brophy said, a public accounting will be made of the amount taken in, both in cash and goods, and of its disposition. At the same time the chairman thanked everyone who contributed to the success of the charity effort. Your Heart campaign by the city as a whole and by every individual with whom we came in contact was one of the most encouraging things I have ever seen,” he said. The num- ber of persons who gave either money, material or services, literally ran into the thousands. It proves that we can. be proud of our town and prouder still of the people who make the town. “Since it is impossible to individu- ally thank everyone who helped, I want to make public acknowledgment of the gratitude of the American Le- gion and cooperating organizations for the assistance given us. Children Are Grateful “I am sure that I can speak, too, for. the hundreds of needy persons— particularly children—who will have cause to remember the Open Your Heart campaign with gratitude. For many it meant the difference between suffering and privation and reason- able comfort. It meant that every school child in Bismarck and many throughout Burleigh county will face the remainder of the winter warmly clad. It eased the burden of many a father gnd mother and brought cheer where there would have been only gloom. “The thanks of these people and the simple facts of what was accom- plished constitute a greater expression of gratitude to the good people of our city than I could possibly voice.” Weyerhaeuser Left Estate to Children Rock Island, Ill, Dec. 26.—(P)—A daughter and two sons of John P. Weyerhaeuser, lumber and coal mag- nate of Tacoma, Wash., will share his estate, it was shown in probate court records on file here Thursday. Weyerhaeuser died last May 16, a week before his 9-year-old grandson, George Weyerhaeuser, was kidnaped by a gang which collected a $200,000 ransom, The estate, estimated at several millions, was left in trust to Mrs. Elizabeth Titcomb, Tacoma, and J. ed from the door and runningboard of the Todd automobile. This shows con- clusively, police said, that the actress was not injured, before she entered the garage. ‘No Toy Train for Him; He Pilots Real Article|? Just before it was knocked from the track, but police arrived to find Spur- lin still at the throttle of the run- Phillip and Frederick K. Weyer- haeuser, both of St. Paul, Minn. Philippine Clipper on Last Leg of First Hop Honolulu, Dec, 26.—(#)—The Phil- ippine Clipper rode a strong tailwind “The reception given the Open} PRICE FIVE CENTS. 3 Men Perish in N. D. Blizzard 7 Dead As Storm Sweeps Northwest John W. Goodman, Bismarck; Paul Antonowitz, Fried; Thomas Wandbi, Fort Totten, Trapped on Prairie Christmas Eve Three North Dakotans, one of them a Bismarck man, froze to death in the pre-Christmas blizzard Tuesday night, victims of .what is said to have been the worst winter storm in years. Minnesota reported two deaths, Montana and South Dakota each reported one death due to freezing. 7 Numerous others ‘suffered frost-bitten fingers and toes or were more seriously frozen, and scores of automobiles, driven by persons going home for the holidays, were abandoned by roadsides in all parts of the state. Those frozen to death were: John W. Goodman, 46, Bismarck, former deputy state bank examiner and more recently state examiner for the Federal Deposit Insurance corporation. Paul Antonowitz, 42, of near Fried, the father of three children. Thomas Wandbi, 35, an Indian at Fort Totten reserva- tion near Devils Lake, found frozen to death on a road Tuesday night three miles from St. Michael’s mission, Robert Arthur Tees, Jr., 40, Sweetgrass, Mont. He suffered a hemorrhage, collapsed and froze to death before he could reach shelter. Albert Bertelson, 57, bachelor rancher living near Pierre, S. D., died in a hospital after searchers found him badly frozen, on a highway Wednesday. His car broke down while he was on his way home. John A. Anderson, 56, Canby, Minn., farmer. His team came home Christmas day and his body was found, frozen, on the road. Henry W. Boege, 54, of Owatonna, Minn., was found two miles from the spot where his automobile catapulted off the road Christmas Eve. Richard Weber, believed missing in Tuesday’s storm, arrived at his home north of Wing Thursday afternoon. It had been believed that he had started to Bismarck but instead, he told his parents, he went to Harvey. QUIET DAY IN PRISON and legs, and P. O. Holton of Minot. Holton, about 65, was found in the Court of: Pardons Meets Mon- day; May Consider His cellar-way of the house where he Plea for Mercy roomed. Both hands were so badly frozen he is being kept under med- ical observation at a Minot hospital. He apparently suffered a stroke, and. his hands froze before he was found. Goodman's death occurred at @ crossroads between Wishek and Fre- jdonia. He left here Tuesday during the storm, friends said, and arrived \ safely at Wishek in the afternoon to visit friends. Reaches Wishek Safely Having planned to spend Christma: with his mother, Mrs. Janette Good- man at Sheldon, he left Wishek after nightfall for that place. Be Friends begged him not to brave the storm but he insisted and left the ~ McIntosh county town alone. | About 10 p. m., another man, trav- eling along the road, found Goodman's abandoned car and advised residents of Wishek of the fact. John and Max Wishek, fearing it was Goodman. Trenton, N. J., Dec. 2.—(?)— Gov. Harold G. Hoffman's press representative announced Thurs- day the governor had authorized him to say “at the present time” he did not contemplate a re- prieve for Bruno Hauptmann should the court of pardons re- fuse clemency. ‘Trenton, N. J., Dec. 26.—(?)—A sec- ond Christmas within prison walls behind him, Bruno Hauptmann awaited Thursday the decision of the court of pardons on his appeal for clemency, his last main hope to es- cape execution. Christmas for him varied only slightly from the other days he has spent in the death house at the state prison as the convicted murderer of the baby of Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh. Only a special dinner, a wreath in) the corridor, and an occasional radio carol gave significance to the day, 19 before the week set for his electro- cution. A year ago Hauptmann waited in the county jail at Flemington for the start of his trial, but this Christmas found him within less than three weeks of the date set for his death and virtually all avenues of escape blocked. The court of pardons, which has the power to commute his sentence to life imprisonment, will meet on Mon- day to consider another matter and may act on his plea for mercy at that time. Alien Political ‘Hand’ Rapped by 3 Bishops Washington, Dec. 26.—(#) — Three Methodist bishops charge the New Deal has “smothered” a constitutional amendment designed to “break down alien control of American politics.” The churchmen, Edwin H. Hughes of Washington, D. C., A. W. Leonard of Pittsburgh and E. G. Richardson of Philadelphia, Wednesday urged their ministers to cooperate with the Ameri- can Christian Alliance in an effort to stop “alien conspiracies.” The alien representation amend- ment, which would exclude aliens from the census count in apportioning con- gressinonal districts, has been intro- duced in congress several times. Hight-Hiking Mother BISMARCK MAIL CARRIER CHEATS DEATH Fred Miller, Bismarck rural mail carrier, does not believe he would be alive today except for the fact that he had traveled daily for 15 years the road on which he be- came stalled Tuesday. His car stuck in a snowdrift and the prairie scourge blinding him, Miller got out of his car, made his way to a fence and followed the fence a half mile to a farm he knew it would lead him to. “I was pretty weak by the time I made the farm,” Miller said. He spent Christmas Eve there and was not able to return to Bismarck until Christmas afternoon. started out to investigate and also . found the car early Wednesday morn- ing. after the storm had begun to sub- side. Meantime, Goodman’s mother .be- came alarmed at his failure to reach her home or to advise her and asked help of authorities in locating her son. Searching parties were cinity of Fredonia and Wishek to keep watch was broadcast by radio. Found at Crossroads ‘Wednesday morning body was found at @ crossroads about - @ mile and a half from the auto and about three half west of Fredonia. order R. C. Crouch of over the Pacific toward Alameda,’ Cheats Death in Cold Kansas City, Dec. 26.—(P)—A 25- year-old mother’s hitch-hiking trip her child